Situation of drug resistant tuberculosis in Saharia tribe of central India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 141, Issue May, 2015, Pages 636-639

  Bhat, J ^a   Rao, V G ^a   Yadav, R ^a   Muniyandi, M ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Karfarma, C ^a   Luke, C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility; MDR; Saharia; Tribal; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION GROUP; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; SAHARIA (PEOPLE); SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932089666     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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